[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM GASTON LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
525 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004

...GASTON CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...GEORGETOWN...HORRY...WILLIAMSBURG...
FLORENCE AND MARION. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE COASTAL WATERS FROM
SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH
CAROLINA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE ALONG GEORGETOWN AND HORRY COUNTIES
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

A INLAND TROPICAL STORM HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUES FOR MARION...
FLORENCE AND WILLIAMSBURG IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WILLIAMSBURG...FLORENCE...MARION...
DARLINGTON...DILLON AND MARLBORO COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND
ROBESON COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA.

A TORNADO WATCH IN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 10 PM.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GASTON WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 33.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.6 WEST OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA.

GASTON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 8 MPH AND A NORTHWARD TO
NORTH NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON
THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL CONTINUE MOVING OVER EASTERN SOUTH
CAROLINA THIS EVENING AND OVER NORTH CAROLINA LATER TONIGHT AND
EARLY MONDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GASTON
SHOULD WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER THIS EVENING.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 1000 MB OR 29.53 INCHES.

 ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND
OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

...WIND IMPACTS...
THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS
EVENING...BUT THE HIGHEST RISK IS ALONG AND EAST OF THE PATH OF
GASTON AS IT MOVES UP THE PEE DEE REGION.

AT 5 PM...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE LOCATED IN A TIGHT GRADIENT AROUND
THE STORM CENTER ON THE EAST SIDE. HOWEVER...RAIN BANDS PRODUCING
HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40
MPH AND THEY WERE CIRCULATING ACROSS FLORENCE...DARLINGTON
AND WILLIAMSBURG COUNTIES. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL MOVE INTO MARION COUNTY AND THEN SPREAD
NORTHWARD INTO MARLBORO AND DILLON COUNTIES AFTER 530 PM. THE WINDS
WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS GASTON MOVES INTO NORTH CAROLINA THIS
EVENING.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
THE NEXT TIDE WILL BE A HIGH TIDE AT 753 PM AT SPRINGMAID PIER IN
MYRTLE BEACH. AS ONSHORE WINDS CONTINUE TIDES WILL AVERAGE ABOUT 2
TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL...WITH MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING
EXPECTED IN GEORGETOWN. IN HORRY AND BRUNSWICK COUNTIES TIDES WILL
BE 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WITH MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED. AS THE
EVENING PROGRESSES AND THE CENTER OF GASTON MOVES TO THE NORTH THE
WINDS WILL PARALLEL THE COAST AND EVENTUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST
LATER THIS EVENING.

A 2 TO 4 FOOT SURGE IS EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTHERN WACCAMAW RIVER
FROM GEORGETOWN TO NEAR WAVERLY MILLS.

MODERATE BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

...SEAS AND RIP CURRENTS...
SEAS IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA WATERS WILL RANGE UP TO 10 FEET...WHILE
THE NORTH CAROLINA WATERS AROUND CAPE FEAR WILL HAVE SEAS RANGING UP
TO 9 FEET THIS EVENING. SURF WILL BE 3 TO 5 FEET. THERE IS A HIGH
RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
RADAR ESTIMATES OF UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS
WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS FLORENCE AND UP TO 1.5
INCHES ACROSS DARLINGTON COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAINBANDS CONTINUE
TO BE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STORM CENTER AND THIS WILL BRING
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TO THOSE COUNTIES AND EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO
DILLON AND MARLBORO COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR SO CAN
BE EXPECTED ACROSS MARION COUNTY.

FLOOD WARNINGS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS DEVELOP.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS TROPICAL SYSTEM CAN BE FOUND IN
ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AND IN PUBLIC
INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN WILMINGTON.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON BY 830 PM.

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